Harvest Home was also a book. Not sure I'd recommend it per se, I have really mixed feelings about it but it was at least kind of memorable.

A Field in England (by the same director as Kill List, cited above) -- it's a very polarizing movie, but I really enjoyed it and it totally scratches that Wicker Man-esque itch. I do not usually like avant-garde weird movies, I don't like rewatching movies, and it typically takes me 4-5 sittings to get through a film -- but I watched A Field In England in a single sitting and then I immediately watched it again.posted by phoenixy at 5:59 PM on September 25, 2017 [2 favorites]

Last Days by Adam Neville might fall under your umbrella of want. It's about a murderous hippy cult driven by supernatural forces. The cult is obviously based on the Process Church of the Final Judgement (but they didn't murder anyone) and it's an entertaining read if not a bit long. Definitely worth checking out if you like to read.posted by NoMich at 6:10 PM on September 25, 2017 [1 favorite]

These may or may not be what you want, but I absolutely adore The Wicker Man (as in it's one of my favorite movies ever) and I find these movies have some ... compatibilities, let's say.

Also worth a look is The Love Witch, which draws heavily on the tradition of British horror but subverts it while not making fun of it. It's sort of a singular movie -- I think it's an absolute masterpiece and insane and masterful and gorgeous, but I get it's not everyone's taste. But for me, it hits a lot of the spots The Wicker Man does. It's not quite folk horror, exactly, but it's toeing the line. And you should watch it anyway.posted by darksong at 6:11 PM on September 25, 2017 [4 favorites]

The novel The Ritual, by Adam Nevill, is about hikers stumbling across a terrifying paganism in a forest in Sweden. It's also just been made into a film.posted by tiger tiger at 12:56 AM on September 26, 2017 [1 favorite]

Another vote for A Field In England... it's one of my favourite films of the last few years. And the works of M. R. James.

It's worth tracking down the old tv series Hammer House of Horror - in particular the episodes: 'Witching Time', 'Children of the Full Moon' and 'The Two Faces Of Evil' (aka 'The one with the hitchhiker in the yellow coat')

It's not really folk horror, but "Don't Look Now" shares a lot of the same brooding atmosphere as "The Wicker Man" and they were originally released as a double feature. It also has a very famous sex scene with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie.

Try not to google it though, as the first page of results is rife with visual spoilers.

The unrelated short story "The Great God Pan" by M John Harrison is also worth a read - fantastic, modern folk horror. It's collected in the "Poe's Children" anthology.posted by chappell, ambrose at 7:34 AM on September 27, 2017 [1 favorite]

[Quite rightly there are a lot of suggestions of M.R. James in the above answers (both the stories and the adaptations). But I don't think anyone has pointed out yet that all of his stories are available for free on Wikisource.]posted by chappell, ambrose at 9:22 AM on September 27, 2017 [2 favorites]

One more I'll point out is the film EyesofFire. It is on the IMDB list I linked to above but I think it deserves a bit more attention as a spiritual ancestor of the Witch. Also I think there's a neglected sub genre of Folk Horror featuring North American indigenous supernatural legend. In light of that, there was a Canadian show produced in Quebec in the early 80s called Indian Legends (in French Légendes indiennes), that I think does a good job of conveying the mysterious dread that can percolate up in the best examples of Folk Horror. The creepiest episodes don't seem to be available on Youtube but here's a few that give you a taste of what I'm talking about: 1, 2, 3, 4.posted by Ashwagandha at 11:42 AM on September 27, 2017 [3 favorites]

Thank you all, these are fantastic recs! I'll be getting super spooky with these this October!posted by celestine at 4:36 PM on September 29, 2017

Speaking of T.E.D. Klein, you might also try The Ceremonies.posted by darchildre at 4:44 PM on September 30, 2017

I'm late but another recommendation for this genre: The BBC4 radio drama Pilgrim, unfortunately not available free anymore but you can get all four seasons in two collections from Amazon.

It a 'fair folk' themed show with a good dose of scary, malevolent types. The fantastic and weird elements are literal though (e.g. the horror comes from the faeries, not the people believing in faeries.)posted by mark k at 10:59 AM on October 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

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